Reduction of Sludge Formed During a Coagulation Treatment of Ridomil Gold by Means of Non-thermal Quenched Plasma Pre-treatment

Overview

Journal Environ Monit Assess

Publisher Springer

Specialty Environmental Health

Date 2018 Jul 1

PMID 29959547

Authors

Doringar Tadom

Georges Kamgang-Youbi

Elie Acayanka

Estella Njoyim-Tamungang

Samuel Laminsi

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Abstract

Chemical coagulation and adsorption, despite many drawbacks, are actually the main techniques used for the removal of pollutants from aqueous solution; however, these techniques are becoming ineffective due to the exponential increase in the amount and complexity of discharged pollutants; thus, the sludge treatment process became a more complex challenge. The present study focuses on the way to reduce the quantity of sludge formed during the removal of Ridomil Gold, a widely used pesticide-fungicide in agriculture. Results revealed that pre-treatment of initial waste solution by the gliding arc (Glidarc), a source of non-thermal plasma, leads to a significant reduction of the sludge formed during the coagulation treatment. For a 20-min pre-treated effluent Glidarc followed by chemical coagulation, there was a reduction in the volume of sludge formed in the order of 90 and 80% for alum and ferric sulfate coagulants respectively without reducing the performance of pesticide removal. Therefore, there is a positive synergism between treatment by chemical coagulation and plasma treatment. These results suggest that the Glidarc can be an effective solution for the reduction of sludge obtained during treatment by coagulation.

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